// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Per Aspera say to Ad Astra? "You're a star.

Per aspera ad astra is a Latin phrase that translates literally as "through asperities (hardships, adversities, rigours) to the stars" and is the motto of many organizations.

Per aspera ad astra may also refer to:

• Per Aspera Ad Astra (1981 film), a Soviet science fiction film
• Per Aspera Ad Astra (2026 film), a Chinese science fiction film
• Per Aspera Ad Astra (album), an album by Stars of the Lid
• "Per Aspera Ad Astra", a song by the band Die Apokalyptischen Reiter from the album Samurai
• "Per Aspera Ad Astra", a song by the band Fleshgod Apocalypse from the album Opera
• "Per Aspera Ad Astra", a song by the band Haggard from the album Eppur si muove
• "Per Aspera Ad Astra", a song by the band Masterplan from the album Novum Initium
• Per Aspera, a video game
• "Per aspera ad astra", a motto in the book series Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• "Per aspera ad astra", the 13th episode of BanG Dream! Ave Mujica

Ad astra per aspera may refer to:

• Ad Astra per Aspera (band), a band from Lawrence, Kansas
• Ad Astra per Aspera (album), an album by Abandon Kansas
• "Ad Astra Per Aspera", a song by Acceptance from the album Phantoms
• Aspera (band), initially known as Aspera ad Astra
• Ad Astra per Aspera (manga) a Japanese manga series by Kenjiro Hata
• "Ad Astra per Aspera" (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), an episode of the second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• "Ad Astra per Aspera", official state motto of Kansas

See also

• Per ardua ad astra, "Through adversity to the stars" or "Through struggle to the stars", motto of the Royal Air Force
• Ad astra (disambiguation)